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I've decided to just own it, I don't even care anymore. I nod at the dudes and wave to the gals.
I did not know before today that directional nods have different meanings; I have been acting hyperaggressive on the sly towards dudes for years. Their masculinity in shambles.
nah reddit just has no idea what they're talking about. A downward nod is like respect and acknowledgement of the other person, usually towards a stranger. Upward nod is friendlier, usually towards a friend. Downward nod is also friendly, it's just a bit more aloof, like there's more separation between the two people. An upward nod conveys a sense of closeness.
MANY CONFLICTING DEFINITIONS OF THE DUDE NOD
I have now concluded from the Brotherhood of Nod that dudes, in fact, do not rock. Not if this is the kind of bs they engage in :)
Upward nod can also be aggressive. There's no significance in the direction of a nod, there's no way to do nod-phrenology
This is revisionism
Look if you've never gotten the "would you like to engage in fisticuffs"-nod, then you are not allowed to speak on nodologics
Directional nods do not have different meanings, redditors are the kind of people that watch a movie and take it as gospel. The nod-talk is probably from something like "office space" and now they just believe it